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Orcas Island: Cafe Olga

I just got back from a weekend on Orcas Island in the San Juans. It’s a gorgeous place, although it rained a bit much even for me. Still, I managed to get out and about and enjoy much of the island.

On my first day there I had lunch at Cafe Olga a little place co-located with the Orcas Island Artworks, an artist co-op, in the little hamlet of Olga. Located in a historic strawberry packing building it’s a charming place with great food. The regular menu is small but creative and the numerous daily specials add seasonal variety.

Hi VV!
Orcas Island is part of the San Juan Islands which are off the coast of Washington – between Washington and Canada, specifically Vancouver Island in British Columbia. To get to them you take a ferry from Anacortes, Washington (which is about 80 miles north of Seattle). They are very beautiful and rather wild places. The most populated island is San Juan Island (confusing as that is also the name of the island group…). Orcas is the largest area-wise but doesn\’t have as many people as San Juan. The ferry also stops at Lopez and Shaw – I\’m not even sure there are any real services on Shaw! There are other islands in the group – some privately owned – but all the rest are only accessible by private boat (or I guess float plan if you happen to have one of those!). ;-)

Jenj: That makes me smile! ;-) I think I have a good life and I really try to enjoy as much as possible – which I think anyone can do with very little effort and I wish more people would. Thank you very much for your kind comments.

We stopped in while touring the island and had a late lunch. The food and service were wonderful! My wife had the scallibut cakes…very good!We stayed the night and would suggest anyone that goes to try Olga’s. We are from Solvang CA just north of Santa Barbara.Washington is beautiful,but some made comments about California people. We are not all bad really.

Michael:
I’m glad you enjoyed your time on Orcas. The San Juan Islands are so beautiful. I’m sorry about the comments. Mostly they are in jest but that’s not always obvious. Many “Washingtonians” are rather recent transplants themselves.

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